For my opening shot I would like my protagonist (the teenage girl) to be dressed in jeans and a t shirt. She is very normal but practical and young, definitely not in a skirt or a dress as she is the 'hero' of the story and has a lot of action within the film. My actress will just wear something she has in her wardrobe in order to achieve verisimilitude. I also want to connote to the audience that she is strong and will do all she can to help catch the killer, so I will therefore have her in quite plain clothing, possibly using dark colours as, unfortunately, gender stereotypes mean 'girly' clothes and colours (flowers, pink and trims) connote vanity, weakness and do not suggest a strong and brave character. Therefore, as my audience are attuned to these stereotypes, I will have to work with them so far as to build an image of my protagonist within a very short space of time. To do this she will have to take on a more plain, dark attire usually associated more with masculinity. She will wear these kinds of clothes all the way through the film.
However, I do not want my film to play to stereotypes at all, my lead is a teenage girl who is strong willed, independent, intelligent and brave therefore hopefully promoting the idea of strong women to my female target audience.
There will be no props in the opening scene as I would like the background to be relatively stark to connote loneliness and the fear that accompanies it. It also shows the character's vulnerability and I would like to highlight this in order to increase the threat the audience feels from the murderer.
Hospital
This is the scene I need the most props for. It is all going to be filmed on a white background to give it a clinical, clean feel. It also creates a little ambiguity for the audience as to whether the character has died as the heart monitor line has gone straight.
I will need something for my protagonist to lay on to make it look like she's on a hospital bed. This should be relatively simple as even if the actual thing isn't white we can cover it with a white sheet. Therefore all we need is something straight like a table. I have now found an actual hospital bed for her to lie on which will make the scene more naturalistic.
Ideally I would like to be able to put some wounds on my protagonist's face using makeup (e.g. black eyes) to connote that she's been attacked. However, depending on when this could be filmed this may not be feasible, for example, there is a distinct possibility I may have to film this in school in which case my actress can't go to her next lesson with black eyes.
The doctors need to be dressed in white. This could be more challenging as I do not have lots of complete white costumes however, I have found some white lab coats which I should be able to use to create the effect of doctors whites.
They also need to be wearing gloves as they would in real life, however, I would like these to be white rather than blue to fit with the colouring of this scene.
To identify the characters as doctors I asked my dentist for some mouth masks. These denote the profession of the characters so the audience instantly knows they are in a hospital.
Finally I need a defibrillator which my Dad has access to. Obviously it will not be turned on but it will be used to show the restarting of the patient's heart.
Flashback One: Home
All I need fro this is a naturalistic home setting for which I can just use my own house
Flashback Two: Home and News Story
I can, again, use my house as a naturalistic setting for this scene but I will need to film the news reporter on a green screen and add the news background in post-production.
Flashback Three: Woods
All I need here are some trees which are conveniently located outside my house on the moor.
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